Mexico GP: Russell heads Hamilton in a Mercedes 1-2 in FP3
Mercedes pair led the way in FP1 of F1 Mexico GP with George Russell fastest from Lewis Hamilton as Max Verstappen was third.
The important FP3 session in F1 Mexico GP saw Mercedes pair lead the way as George Russell set the pace with a 1m18.399s lap from teammate Lewis Hamilton (1m18.543s) and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (1m18.876s) after soft tyre run.
It was a cleaner run from the Mercedes pair but Verstappen continued to have moments much like how he had during Friday running. A late push run from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc (1m19.123s) saw him in fourth but a bit far off the pace.
His teammate Carlos Sainz (1m19.301s) was sixth behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez (1m19.241s), with McLaren’s Lando Norris (1m19.317s) seventh from Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas (1m19.390s) who continued have a good Mexico GP practice run with three Top 10 finishes.
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda (1m19.882s) was ninth from Williams’ Alexander Albon (1m19.917s), who set a solid time in the end to be in the Top 10. Alpine’s Esteban Ocon was 11th after his late lap with Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu 12th after having issues early on.
Alpine’s Fernando Alonso was only 13th from McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo, with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly after a scrappy run. His initial quick lap was compromised by a moment while trying to pass Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and only managed 15th in the end.
Stroll was 17th from Haas’ Mick Schumacher who had multiple offs including a spin at Turn 10. Williams’ Nicholas Latifi slotted in 18th from Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel who did not enjoy the session while complaining about the car lacking everywhere. He was followed by Haas’ Kevin Magnussen in 20th.
